| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" |
| ! Death toll (estimate)
! Event
! Location
! Date |
|---|
| 1
| {{nts|30,000}} | Huascarán avalanche; triggered by the 1970 Ancash earthquake[{{Cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwcAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18|page=18|journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists|volume=Oct 1970|title=The Peru Earthquake: A Special Study|date=October 1970|issue=8|doi=10.1080/00963402.1970.11457853|bibcode=1970BuAtS..26h..17.|url-access=subscription}}] | Peru | {{dts|1970}} |
| 2
| {{nts|2,000-10,000}} | White Friday (1916)[{{cite web |title=Soldiers perish in avalanche as World War I rages |url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soldiers-perish-in-avalanche-as-world-war-i-rages |work=This Day in History |date=13 November 2009 |publisher=www.history.com |access-date=2015-04-27}}] | Italy | {{dts|1916}} |
| 3
| {{nts|4000}} | Huascarán avalanche | Peru | {{dts|1962}} |
| 4
| {{nts|310}} | 2015 Afghanistan avalanches | Afghanistan | {{dts|2015}} |
| 5
| {{nts|265}} | Winter of Terror; series of 649 avalanches | Austria-Switzerland-Italy | {{dts|1951}} |
| 6
| {{nts|201}} (56 confirmed, 145 presumed dead) | 2012 Afghanistan avalanches[{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-10/death-toll-from-afghan-avalanches-rises-to-56/3881862 |title=145 'presumed dead' in Afghan avalanche |publisher=ABC News| date=2012-03-10}}] | Afghanistan | {{dts|2012}} |
| 7
| {{nts|200}} | Lahaul Valley avalanche[{{cite web|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-10-worst-snow-disaste/|title=The 10 Worst Snow Disasters in History|work=scientificamerican.com}}] | India | {{dts|1979}} |
| 8
| {{nts|172}} | 2010 Salang avalanches; series of at least 36 avalanches | Afghanistan | {{dts|2010}} |
| 9
| {{nts|155}} | 1918 Mitsumata village avalanche[:ja:三俣の大雪崩 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 29, 2017.] | Japan | {{dts|1918}} |
| 10
|{{nts|154}}{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} | 1918 Asahi village avalanche | Japan | {{dts|1918}} |
| 11
| {{nts|138}} | 2012 Gayari Sector avalanche | Pakistan | {{dts|2012}} |
| 12
| {{nts|125}} | Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide | Russia | {{dts|2002}} |
| 13
| {{nts|107}} | Saint-Martin[Pierre Bernard Palassou, Nouveaux mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des Pyrénées et des pays adjacens, Pau, imp. Vignancour, 1823] (Hautes-Pyrénées) | France | {{dts|1600}} |
| 14
| {{nts|102}} | 2010 Kohistan avalanche | Pakistan | {{dts|2010}} |
| 15
| {{nts|97}} | 1992 Görmeç avalanche | Turkey | {{dts|1992}} |
| 16
| {{nts|96}} | Wellington, Washington avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United States | United States | {{dts|1910}} |
| 17
| {{nts|90}} | 1922 Ōmi Train avalanche[:ja:北陸線列車雪崩直撃事故 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 29, 2017.] | Japan | {{dts|1922}} |
| 18
| {{nts|84}} | 1938 Unazuki avalanche[:ja:泡雪崩#歴史 (Japanese language) Retrieved date on March 29, 2017.] | Japan | {{dts|1938}} |
| 19
| {{nts|81}} | Pragelato | Italy | {{dts|1904}} |
| 20
| 79 ({{nts|57}} confirmed 22 presumed dead) | 1954 Blons avalanches | Austria | {{dts|1954}} |
| 21
| {{nts|70}} | Frassino avalanche | Italy | {{dts|1885}} |
| 22
| {{nts|65}} | Palm Sunday Avalanche; deadliest avalanche along Chilkoot Trail (Alaska) | United States | {{dts|1898}} |
| 23
| {{nts|62}} | 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche; deadliest avalanche in Canada | Canada | {{dts|1910}} |
| 24
| {{nts|59}} | 1993 Bayburt Üzengili avalanche | Turkey | {{dts|1993}} |
| 25
| {{nts|55}} | Møre og Romsdal | Norway | {{dts|1679}} |
| 26
| {{nts|50}}{{Citation needed|date=February 2012}} | Siglunesi | Iceland | {{dts|1613}} |
| rowspan="3"| 27
|rowspan="3"| {{nts|43}} | La Giettaz (Savoie)[{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MacCEAAAQBAJ&dq=avalanche+La+Giettaz+1641&pg=PT127 |title=Paysages romanesques des Alpes |author=Henry Bordeaux |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-2-3071-1218-1 |year=1925 |page= |access-date=2021-07-31}}] | France | {{dts|1641}} |
Lenin Peak disaster[{{cite web|url=http://www.centralasia-travel.com/en/expeditions/lenin/history|title=Historical background of Lenin Peak. The first expedition to Lenin Peak|website=www.centralasia-travel.com}}] | Kyrgyzstan | {{dts|1990}} |
| 2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster | Nepal | {{dts|2014|October}} |
| 30
| {{nts|42}} | 1995 Gokyo avalanche[{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRzMOYIuLJEC&q=Mount+Everest+november+1995+avalanche+killed+42+people.&pg=PA16 |title=Natural Disasters |author=Lee Allyn Davis |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-1878-9 |year=2008 |page=16 |access-date=2014-04-18}}] | Nepal | {{dts|1995}} |
| 31
| {{nts|41}} | 2020 Van avalanches | Turkey | {{dts|2020}} |
| 32
|{{nts|40}} | Puente del Inca avalanche[{{cite web |url=http://archivo.losandes.com.ar/notas/2005/8/14/sociedad-163174.asp |title=Tsunami en la montaña: A 40 años del alud que sepultó a dos pueblos - Diario los Andes |access-date=2015-11-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117014003/http://archivo.losandes.com.ar/notas/2005/8/14/sociedad-163174.asp |archive-date=2015-11-17 }}] | Argentina | {{dts|1965}} |
| 33
| {{nts|39}} | 1970 Val-d'Isère avalanche (Savoie)[{{citation | last1=Pudasaini | first1=Shiva P. | year=2007 | title=Avalanche dynamics: dynamics of rapid flows of dense granular avalanches | last2=Hutter | first2=Kolumban | publisher=シュプリンガー・ジャパン株式会社 | isbn=978-3-540-32686-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HY6Z5od4-E4C&pg=PA32 | page=32 }}] | France | {{dts|1970}} |
| 34
| {{nts|38}} | Huez-en-Oisans (Isère)[Christophe Ancey, Vincent Bain, Dynamique des avalanches, Cemagref, 2006, {{ISBN|2-88074-648-5}}] | France | {{dts|1749}} |
| 35
| {{nts|37}} | Ortiporio (Corsica) | France | {{dts|1934}} |
| 36
| {{nts|32}} | Vallouise (Hautes-Alpes) | France | {{dts|1757}} |
| 37
| {{nts|31}} | 1999 Galtür avalanche | Austria | {{dts|1999}} |
| 38
| {{nts|29}} | Rigopiano avalanche | Italy | {{dts|2017}} |
| rowspan="2"| 39
|rowspan="2"| {{nts|28}} | Granduc Mine Avalanche[{{cite news |url=https://vancouversun.com/story.html?id=6531331 |title=Rescue workers clear snow and debris after the Granduc mine avalanche near Stewart, B.C., in 1965 in which 28 people died |work=Vancouver Sun |publisher=Vancouversun.com |date=2012-04-27 |access-date=2014-04-18}}] | Canada | {{dts|1965}} |
| 2023 Nyingchi avalanche | China | {{dts|2023}} |
| 39
| {{nts|27}} | 2022 Uttarakhand avalanche | India | {{dts|2022}} |
| rowspan="2"| 40
|rowspan="2"| {{nts|24}} | Seyðisfjörður | Iceland | {{dts|1885}} |
| 2017 Gurez sector avalanche | India | {{dts|2017}} |
| 42
| {{nts|23}} | Bâlea Lake; deadliest avalanche in Romania | Romania | {{dts|April 1977}} |
| 43
| {{nts|22}} | 2015 Mount Everest avalanches; triggered by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake[{{cite news |last1=Beaumont|first1=Peter |title=Deadly Everest avalanche triggered by Nepal earthquake |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/25/deadly-everest-avalanche-triggered-by-nepal-earthquake|access-date=2015-04-25 |work=The Guardian |date=2015-04-25}}][{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0NG07B20150425?irpc=932 |title=Devastating Nepal earthquake kills over 1,300, some in Everest avalanche |date=2015-04-25 |access-date=2015-04-25 |author=Gopal Sharma and Ross Adkin |work=Reuters}}] | Nepal | {{dts|2015|April}} |
| rowspan="2"| 44
|rowspan="2"| {{nts|21}} | Sogn og Fjordane | Norway | {{dts|1873}} |
| Lofoten | Norway | {{dts|1956}} |
| rowspan="2"| 46
|rowspan="2"| {{nts|20}} | Hnífsdalur | Iceland | {{dts|1910}} |
| 1995 Flateyri avalanche | Iceland | {{dts|1995}} |
| 48
| {{nts|18}} | Rybô[{{cite web |url=http://hzsslp.blogspot.com/2014/02/90-rokov-od-najvacsej-lavinovej.html |title=90 rokov od najväčšej lavínovej tragédie na Slovensku |publisher=Horská záchranná služba (Stredisko lavínovej prevencie) [Mountain Rescue Service of Slovakia (Center for Avalanche Prevention)] |access-date=2014-02-05 |language=sk}}] | Slovakia | {{dts|1924}} |
| rowspan="4" |49
| rowspan="4" |{{nts|16}}
|1937 Nanga Parbat tragedy
|Nepal
|1937 |
| 7
| Low Tatras[VRBA, Miloš, V lavinách a vánicích, Vsetín : Altituda, 2003, {{ISBN|80-86743-01-2}}] | Slovakia | {{dts|1956}} |
| Vassdalen | Norway | {{dts|1986}} |
| 2014 Mount Everest avalanche | Nepal | {{dts|2014|April}} |
| rowspan="2" | 52
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|15}} | 1972 Manaslu Nepal avalanche | Nepal | {{dts|1972}} |
2023 Kharough avalanche[{{Cite web |title=Avalanche strikes Tajikistan's eastern city, leaving 15 dead, 12 injured |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/avalanche-strikes-tajikistans-eastern-city-leaving-15-dead-12-injured/2821653 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}]
|Tajikistan
|{{dts|2023|February}} |
| 53
| {{nts|14}} | 1995 Súðavík avalanche | Iceland | {{dts|1995}} |
| rowspan="4"| 54
|rowspan="4"| {{nts|12}} | 1974 Neskaupstaður avalanches | Iceland | {{dts|1974}} |
High Tatras[{{cite web |url=http://www.hoslavia.utc.sk/pages/16_lavina_ze_sedla_nad_skokom.htm |title=Lavina ze Sedla nad Skokom |publisher=Hoslavia.utc.sk |access-date=2014-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420002641/http://www.hoslavia.utc.sk/pages/16_lavina_ze_sedla_nad_skokom.htm |archive-date=2014-04-20 |url-status=dead }}] | Slovakia | {{dts|1974}} |
1999 Montroc avalanche[{{Cite web |title=Montroc Avalanche |url=http://pistehors.com/backcountry/wiki/Articles/Montroc-Avalanche |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=pistehors.com}}] | France | {{dts|1999}} |
| Kaprun avalanche | Austria | {{dts|2000}} |
| rowspan="4"| 58
|rowspan="4"| {{nts|11}}
| 2009 Zigana avalanche | Turkey | {{dts|2009}} |
Manaslu[{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/23/world/asia/nepal-avalanche/index.html |title=Avalanche kills climbers at one of world's highest peaks |publisher=CNN.com |date=2012-09-23 |access-date=2014-04-19}}] | Nepal | {{dts|2012}} |
| 2022 Marmolada serac collapse | Italy | {{dts|2022}} |
| 2023 Astore avalanche | Pakistan | {{dts|2023}} |
| 62
| {{nts|10}} | 2009 Afghan avalanches | Afghanistan | {{dts|2009}} |
| rowspan="7"| 63
|rowspan="7"| {{nts|9}} | Seyðisfjörður | Iceland | {{dts|1732}} |
| Siglufjörður | Iceland | {{dts|1919}} |
Cerro ventana avalanche[{{cite web|url=http://www.lmneuquen.com.ar/noticias/2008/9/1/recordaran-los-seis-anos-de-la-tragedia-del-cerro-ventana-_3538|title=Recordarán los seis años de la tragedia del cerro Ventana - Diario LMNeuquén|work=lmneuquen.com.ar|date=September 2008 }}] | Argentina | {{dts|2002}} |
| 2003 Tatra Mountains avalanche | Poland | {{dts|2003|January}} |
Mont Maudit avalanche (Haute-Savoie)[{{cite web |last=Allen |first=Peter |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9394297/Climbers-triggered-Mont-Blanc-avalanche-which-killed-three-Britons.html |title=Climbers triggered Mont Blanc avalanche which killed three Britons |publisher=Telegraph |date=2012-07-12 |access-date=2014-04-19}}] | France | {{dts|2012}} |
| Restelica | Kosovo | {{dts|2012}} |
Aru Range, Rutog County; two of the largest avalanches in history[{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/china/2016-07/18/content_38902841.htm|title=Avalanche buries 9 in Tibet|date=18 July 2016|access-date=22 May 2020|website=China Internet Center}}][{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news/tibet-nine-killed-in-an-avalanche-2921206/|title=Tibet: Nine killed in an avalanche|date=18 July 2016|access-date=22 May 2020|website=The Indian Express}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/12/12/a-tibetan-glacier-mysteriously-collapsed-and-killed-9-now-researchers-offer-answers/|title=A Tibetan glacier mysteriously collapsed and killed 9. Now researchers offer answers.|date=12 December 2016|access-date=22 May 2020|newspaper=Washington Post|author=Ben Guarino}}][{{cite web|url=https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/88677/massive-and-mysterious-ice-avalanche-in-tibet|title=Massive and Mysterious Ice Avalanche in Tibet|access-date=22 May 2020|website=NASA Earth Observatory|date=7 September 2016 }}][{{cite web|url=https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/88953/a-second-massive-ice-avalanche-in-tibet|title=A Second Massive Ice Avalanche in Tibet|access-date=26 May 2020|website=NASA Earth Observatory|date=21 October 2016 }}] | China (Tibet) | {{dts|2016}} |
| rowspan="2"| 70
|rowspan="2"| {{nts|8}} | Flathead Valley avalanches | Canada | {{dts|2008}} |
| Lewes avalanche; deadliest avalanche in the United Kingdom | United Kingdom | {{dts|1836}} |
| rowspan="4"| 72
|rowspan="4"| {{nts|7}} | Alpine Meadows (northern California) | United States | {{dts|1982|March}} |
| Sankt Anton am Arlberg (Wolfsgruben avalanche) | Austria | {{dts|1988}} |
| 2003 Connaught Creek Valley avalanche | Canada | {{dts|2003}} |
| Western Tatras | Slovakia | {{dts|2005}} |
| rowspan="4"| 76
|rowspan="4"| {{nts|6}} | Oravska Magura | Slovakia | {{dts|1968}} |
| 1970 Mount Everest disaster | Nepal | {{dts|1970}} |
| 2009 Schalfkogel avalanche | Austria | {{dts|2009}} |
| Valfréjus avalanche | France | {{dts|2016|January}} |
| rowspan="2"| 80
|rowspan="2"| {{nts|5}} | Loveland Pass avalanche[{{cite web |url=http://avalanche.state.co.us/caic/acc/acc_report.php?accfm=inv&acc_id=505 |title=CAIC |publisher=Avalanche.state.co.us |access-date=2014-04-19}}] (Colorado) | United States | {{dts|2013}} |
| 2016 Geier avalanche | Austria | {{dts|2016|February}} |
| 82
| {{nts|4}} | 2021 Millcreek Canyon avalanche[{{cite news|url=https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/four-skiers-killed-in-millcreek-canyon-avalanche|title=Four skiers killed in Millcreek Canyon avalanche|publisher=KSTU-TV|last1=Burt|first1=Spencer|last2=Napoli|first2=Jonah|last3=Joseph|first3=Spencer|date=February 6, 2021|access-date=March 2, 2021}}] (Utah) | United States | {{dts|2021}} |
| rowspan="6" | 83
| rowspan="6" | {{nts|3}} | 1996 Mount Everest disaster[{{cite web |url=http://outside.away.com/peaks/fischer/lopsangx.html
]| title = Lopsang Sherpa, two others killed on Everest
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724165713/http://outside.away.com/peaks/fischer/lopsangx.html | archive-date =2010-07-24 | work = Summit Journal 1996
|year = 1996 | publisher = Outside Online |access-date=2014-04-18}} | Nepal | {{dts|1996}} |
| 2009 Buachaille Etive Mòr avalanche | United Kingdom | {{dts|2009}} |
| 2012 Tunnel Creek avalanche (Washington) | United States | {{dts|2012}} |
| 2019 Howse Peak avalanche | Canada | {{dts|2019}} |
| 2020 Silver Mountain avalanche (northern Idaho) | United States | {{dts|2020}} |
| 2025 Chugach Mountains avalanche
|United States
|2025 |